A Close Call

Yesterday my son went fishing off the east coast with a friend on his jet ski. They picked up a nice king mackerel & a smallish (20lb) wahoo on lures. While fighting the wahoo, my son's mate (Ray) switched off the jet ski. After bringing the fish in he found it would not start! After fiddling with wires etc. they found the battery to be dead. Realising that no other boats were in sight, they fired off several flares - but to no avail. They also realised they'd left their mobile phones in the truck. The jet ski has no radio, so they could not call for help. Thankfully, an onshore wind was blowing (it changed to offshore later in the afternoon!) & they were slowing drifting toward land.

Then a very big tiger shark (twice the length of the jet ski - about 15') appeared from nowhere & began circling & swimming under the ski. They threw the king mackerel in & the fish disappeared, only to return after 10 minutes. They then threw the wahoo in & the shark disappeared, At this stage they were in the shore break - about 300 yards off shore & the jet ski capsized. They held on, expecting another visit from the shark. Thankfully that never happened & thankfully again they came aground unscathed on beach (The area was rocky in places). Ray walked 8 miles up the beach to retrieve the truck.

Thank goodness the boys are ok Mudd, Tigers don't mess around and it seems this one was particularly interested in what was on the Jetski, be it fish or human. Mandy, my wife, has had an ordeal at Sodwana with a great white circling her while scuba diving, frightning stuff to say the least. Just glad they are ok my man!